June-July 2011

Lady Knights
Basketball to be featured on Ch. 10 Tuesday’s Child Segment

Warwick,
R.I. – June 6, 2011: On Tuesday June 7th WJAR channel 10
will feature two former CCRI Lady Knights’ basketball players along with Head
Coach Kate Lynch on the “Tuesday’s Child” segment. The segment
will air Tuesday June 7th at 12noon and 6pm and will also be
viewable on the WJAR website: http://www2.turnto10.com/
all month long.

Former
Lady Knights’ basketball Co-Captains Cassie Novicky (New Milford, CT)
and Alysa O’Neill (Johnston, RI) and Coach Lynch in conjunction
with WJAR and Adoption Rhode Island hosted young Madelissa, or “Maddy” as her
friends call her, for a shoot around as part of WJAR’s Tuesday’s Child
segment. Maddy is a 15-year old looking for a family to adopt her and one
of her passions is basketball so she wanted to play with some of the top
players from Rhode Island. She got her chance as she took the court with some
of the CCRI Lady Knights who were the 2010-11 Region XXI Champions.
Maddy had a great time at her shoot around as did the CCRI players and hopes
that this segment will find her a family. Please take the opportunity to
watch the segment on Tuesday June 7th at 12noon and 6pm or
on-line.

Ashley Olson of Coventry launches the game-deciding
home run in the 2011 Region XXI Softball Tournament. The Lady Knights won the
deciding game 3-1 thanks to Olson’s two-run homer. Photo by Fran Perry.

Warwick,
R.I. – June 2, 2011: The National Junior College Athletic Association
(NJCAA) released their Division II Softball All-American selections late
Wednesday evening. The CCRI Lady Knights’ softball team received good news with
freshman catcher Ashley Olson (Coventry, R.I.) selected as a Third Team
All-American.

Olson
made a huge impact in her freshman campaign for the Lady Knights. The 2011
squad, which was ranked No. 3 in the nation in Team Batting Average with a .408
mark, was lead by Olson on offense. Sheshattered the
single season hit record with 62 hits in 117 at bats, surpassing Steph
Morse who previously set the record with 59 hits in 2010.

Olson ended
the year ranked No. 3 by the NJCAA in hitting, and her 62 hits included 15
doubles (which tied another CCRI record held by Steph Morse and Nicole
Kufel set in 2010) while adding four triples and eight home runs. She also was ranked nationally in On Base Percentage (OBP) at No. 20
with a .532 mark and No. 49 in home runs with eight.

Olson became
the team’s single-season RBI leader with 62 RBIs, again breaking a record held
by Morse (50 RBIs, 2010). The achievement also ranked her No. 18 in RBIs
by the NJCAA.

Head
Coach Liz Afonso said, “I am very happy for Ashley. She works
hard every day and is a leader both on and off the field, which is why we named
her a freshman captain in the beginning of the year. She has lived up to that
potential in her first collegiate season as a force both offensively and
defensively, getting key hits and RBIs while doing a great job catching and
negating opponents running games with her rocket arm and quick release. Ashley
will be a big part of our success next year.”